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More bodies retrieved after Spanair crash, identification difficult

More bodies retrieved after Spanair crash, identification difficultMadrid  - The identification of bodies of victims from Wednesday's plane crash in Madrid will take time, a Red Cross spokeswoman said Thursday.

More bodies were recovered from the wreck by rescue workers overnight. At least 153 people died in the crash, and 19 people remain critically injured.

A temporary morgue has been set up in an exhibition hall in the capital as the process of identifying bodies begins.

FINA studies Spanish plan for illuminated swimming costume

Swimming CostumeBeijing - Spain wants to use illuminated bathing costumes for the team synchronized swimming final at the Olympics, but the international swimming federation FINA was still studying the proposal Tuesday.

"Their excuse is that you cannot use accessories, but this is not an accessory because otherwise sequins would be an accessory too," team member Andrea Fuentes said.

"They are still looking into it, it is not certain. We will know tomorrow or the day after," she added.

At least eight killed as tourist coach crashes in Spain

Madrid - At least eight people died after a bus carrying tourists crashed at Oropesa del Mar, north of Valencia, on Sunday.

ETA claims responsibility for bomb attacks

ETA claims responsibility for bomb attacks San Sebastian, Spain- The militant Basque separatist group ETA
has claimed responsibility for a series of terrorist attacks in recent
months, a newspaper reported Saturday.

In a communique sent to the Basque newspaper Gara, ETA said it had
carried out bomb attacks on several tourist facilities, a newspaper
office and three construction companies involved in building a high-
speed rail line through Basque country.

No-one was injured in the attacks.

The group has been fighting for the past 40 years for an

Spanish growth slows down to near zero

Madrid - Spain's economic growth slowed to 0.1 per cent in the second quarter, down from 0.3 per cent in the first quarter, the National Statistics Institute said Thursday.

Spanish woman seeks DNA proof that she is Salvador Dali's daughter

Spanish woman seeks DNA proof that she is Salvador Dali's daughter Barcelona, Spain  - A 52-year-old Spanish woman is waiting for DNA test results to find out whether she is the daughter of surrealist painter Salvador Dali (1904-89).

Pilar Abel said Monday that she believed Dali to be her father, though she was still awaiting the results of a DNA test she did in Paris eight months ago.

Abel's lawyer was trying to obtain the results from the family of Dali's collaborator Robert Descharnes, which conserves DNA samples from the painter.

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